15-07-2025
Understanding the Legal Fight Over Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a change that could overturn more than a century of legal precedent.
Trump took aim at birthright citizenship with an executive order hours after his January swearing-in, triggering lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democrat-led states. They argued Trump couldn't unilaterally alter birthright citizenship because it's enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
